#286F8D#286F8D

#286F8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.084 H 229.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#286F8D
RGB	rgb(40, 111, 141)
HSL	hsl(198, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(198, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 21.3%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.86, -11.69, -22.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.86, 25.64, 242.88°)
OKLab	oklab(51.11% -0.0541 -0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(51.11% 0.084 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.3653, 13.7418, 27.2476)
Luminance	0.1374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#286F8D #8D4628

analogous

#288D78 #286F8D #283C8D

triadic

#286F8D #8D286F #6F8D28

tetradic

#286F8D #78288D #8D4628 #3C8D28

square

#286F8D #78288D #8D4628 #3C8D28

split-complementary

#286F8D #8D283C #8D7828

monochromatic

#0D242E #1A495D #286F8D #3695BD #5EAFD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#286F8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#286F8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #286F8D

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##286F8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##286F8D	1.00	5.60	3.75	5.60
#FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#606D8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#52638D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007779

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #286f8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 111, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.084 229.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7098ae',
    500: '#286f8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #286f8d;
$custom-light: #7098ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#286f8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.822,
    "s": 55.801,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51106,
    "c": 0.08384,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#286F8D

secondary

#B7765A

accent

#7549DF

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #286F8D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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